Talk:Diseases and epidemics of the 19th century

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Potential improvements
The section on medical responses seem to only focus on finding the potential source of the disease and does not go into any medical treatment or methods on how the handled the epidemic. There is also a need for more citations throughout the whole article and contradictions need to be addressed about what Americans believe started the cholera epidemic. Sdarkaus (talk) 16:47, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

I would like to take out the sentence "Thus throughout the majority of the 19th century, there was only the most basic, common-sense understanding of the causes, amelioration, and treatment of epidemic disease" because what I have found in "The Western Medical Tradition 1800 to 2000" by Bynun et. al contradicts this statement. There were actually important medical advances in the 19th century.Sdarkaus (talk) 16:38, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

I will be adding sections to the medical responses section about medicine in the 19th century, exploring cures and sanitation. I will also be adding heading to break the section up so it is better organized. I will also add introduction sentences to pre-existing sections to make the flow better.Sdarkaus (talk) 16:59, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Scarlet Fever Section Addition
I have been working on a scarlet fever section to add to the article. So far it is shorter, but I plan to add more information. The section I will be adding today is the Introduction to scarlet fever which is just the basic what is it, how is it spread. The next section I will be adding is more about the life expectancy and the outbreak in England and Wales. I will be adding more to this section then adding it to the article at a later date. Shelby030520 (talk) 17:20, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

I added a section on outbreaks in Europe. This section explains where outbreaks took place and life expectancy and the reason this changed. I will be adding a general sentence at the beginning of this section when I find a source for scarlet fever in Europe. Shelby030520 (talk) 17:50, 13 November 2020 (UTC)